期刊全称 | Alexia | 期刊简称 | Diagnosis, Treatment | 影响因子2023 | Alexander Leff,Randi Starrfelt | 视频video | | 发行地址 | Comprehensive review of the main acquired disorders of reading and their treatment.Structured chapters for each of the main acquired reading disorders.Focuses on reading disorders but also covers the | 图书封面 |  | 影响因子 | .This book is a comprehensive review of the main acquired disorders of reading: hemianopic, pure and central alexia. The authors review the diagnostic criteria for each of the different types of disorder, and the efficacy of the therapeutic studies that have attempted to remediate them. The different theoretical models of adult reading, which largely rest on how the reading system responds to injury, are also discussed and evaluated. Focal brain injury caused by stroke and brain tumors are discussed in depth as are the effects of dementia on reading..This book starts with a chapter on normal reading, followed by chapters on hemianopic alexia, pure alexia and central alexia, each structured in the same way, with: a description of the condition; a historical review of cases to date; psychophysics; consideration of the causative lesions; evidence from functional imaging studies on patients and, most importantly, a review of the evidence base for treating each condition. Finally, there is a chapter on how patient data has informed how we think about reading..Alexia: Diagnosis, Treatment and Theory. is aimed at neuropsychologists (both experimental and clinical), neurologists, speech th | Pindex | Book 2014 |
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